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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things does Equiano think are "magic" when he sees a town built by white people for the first time?
(a) Cars and tents.
(b) Canoes and teepees.
(c) Horses and large brick houses.
(d) Bicycles and apartment buildings.

2. Where does the slave ship land?
(a) Plymouth Rock.
(b) Florida.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Barbados.

3. Which statement best describes the Eboe's living arrangements?
(a) Men and women have separate living quarters.
(b) Men and women live separately except for the first three years they are married.
(c) Every married couple has their own house, but single people and children all live in one big dormitory.
(d) Women and children live indoors, but men sleep outside in hammocks.

4. While traveling from one place to another in Africa, which of the following does Equiano learn?
(a) That he is going to be sent to America on a slave ship.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Two African languages different from his own.
(d) How to track deer in the forest.

5. When Equiano is sold to a merchant in Tinmah, how is he treated?
(a) He is treated so badly that he wishes he were dead.
(b) He is completely ignored; he is not made to work, but he is also not fed.
(c) He is treated so well that he almost forgets he's a slave.
(d) He is told that he is no longer a slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Eboe dress?

2. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?

3. What does Equiano say that Biblical scholars have said about Africans?

4. How long is Equiano reunited with his sister?

5. What animal does Equiano accidentally kill with a pebble?

(see the answer key)

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